Combination desk and fjling cabinet



March 30 1926. 1,579,080

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"coMB'INAVTioNn'EsgK AND, FILING CABINT.,

.Apiiicau'n ell'nay k2o, v1925. serial No. einer.,

To all'ebhpmt concern: j Be it known that I, GEORGE BOWEN CLEVE- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing The present inventionrelates toimprovements in combinationl desk andgfling cabinet and, has for an object toprovidefln'a V` stenographic or Yelerls desk a'cabinet arrangement :for the preliminary ilingoffilet-r v .ters or other papers. i

- Another object of thfef invention re-sideslin rapher -When pursuing the ordinary routine v dutiesfwithout having vtoA move' frointhe desk. to v separate and. remove filing cases; f

The purpose ofthe invention 1s to oo nachieve these.h results y in 'Y al compact, ,cabinet and-desk; 'r i with the-.freging ma fhe'fvbjects in view', theinvention will-be more-fully de-V scribedhereinafter, and.A Will bemore particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. l Y, j y

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to'like or corresponding'parts throughout thefseveral views, i y M Figure 1 a plan view'oftheimproved desk and filing' cabinet.' l y "Figure2 lis a front elevation vWith the cabinet shown in seetion.v VK

'l 3*3 in Figure 1. Figure 1 is a centrallsection' taken through the desk portion with the llid raised.k y

Figure 5 is an enlarged :fragmentaryplan View of. one ofthe foldersl l' 7 Figure 6. isa perspective vievvof lower employed, and f e Figure 7 is a vertical'section through one a if@ filing cases accessible to thefclerk orstenog-y A further objectl ofvithe invention tok *I of' the filing cabinet sectionsshowing ifiedV 'arrangement of .division plates;`

ings'the structure embodies" the two pedes`- Referring morev partieularly to thedraivg tale-With aninterilnediate"desk portioneon-l neetiiigthe/same; The pedestalsl'are built'- up, of theside Walls'8 and@ erected upon thebases"f 1 0 A:and 11 'and providing at one 'i sid'ethe `iilej boxes orile cabinetspaces 12,`

il?, andl and v,atl the othersidesimilar bOXes or Cabinet 'spaces 15, 16 'and'IQfThespaces 12V and'13 'are'. separated". by the "horizontal pfa-rtitionvl' v and are aecessible'through thev inner's'ide doors 1.9 and 20hinged 'as indif' catedjat 21 andv 22'- respeetively tothe'ba'se lOffand horiZontal"partitionl 18. Thehandles 23 and; 24s-fareusefl`1l in vpulling the Y K Q doors open( The doorsv may be'held'in the combining b'oth preliminary and perma-nent,v

fc'losedj positionv'shown vin Figure2ias lby A frietionally littinginplaee o'r by' the use of v "suitable catches." vThe ends ofthe eornpartfments'fare closed by the Walls 25 and' 26'ru'nning fthe full heightjofthe pedestalsf The" shown a't29 to the-'upper edgeoftheside is aecessi'blethroghatop do'or-28Lhinged as 59 f i l Wall` 8, Thejinner side of; thecabinet Aspace 14C` is permanently closed byV the stationary Wall '30"y vand the lid 28 'is Unormally kept closed by the clasp 31' secured .by appropriatel ,astenings' to the` lid 28 and havingrthe 'end 32. i

In a similar Way horiontal partitions'x and 134 are arranged in the oppositepedestal .90'

for'separating thespaces 15,516 and'land downwardly and inwardlyl voffset terminal i doors 35 and, 36 arearran'ged to" close'the compartrnentsA 15 Vand r16, Whilea'top vdoor 37 with, a similar former catch 1s used to'v fclose the upper'compartment 17.l

The tablefboard 38 'of'jthe desk portion rentends betwveen'thetwopedestals'andrests on theilinev upon Va metalorother'cleat i89ysec'ured to the' lower edgefof vthe Wall boards 80. Air

vextensiontable' board l0 is hinged as atl to the'edge of the table board 38 and also Vrests uponzthe Cleat 39. This extensionv table board 40' inaybevrnoved upto the dotted line posi-tionlsh'own inlFigure-l.' Thesarne may receive `a typewriter or may be used to per- .1105

form other forms 4of clerical Work. A back Y`Wall 42 extends upfroin the rear endof the table board 38 and a top Wall 43 extends forwardly from the upper edge ofthe back Wall formingl an enclosed space When the extension table board 40 is fin vthe raised position.V An extension top Wall 44 is hinged to the top Wall 43 as indicated at 45 and affall board 46 is hinged-as indicated at 47to the free edge of the extension top 44. rlhe fall board is "provided-y With an operating handle 48.

In the use of the device the parts are normally.in.V the positienshoivn inFigures l r-and`2f yivli@rein the eirtension top 1:Vall 44 entends in horizontal:,alinemont with the main top Wall 3 andthe vfall boardlbv extends. deve t0 theextenson tableboard 4:0-

'suitable formof lock may be used'to hold theparts in this position, Theextension top Wall 44.l overlies the inwardly projeet.- ing end 32fof lthe` lfeepersland thereby prevents ac eSSto thecompartments14 and 17 until the deslris eeiied by 'insertionof a key carried by the authorized proprietor.' The lower 'compartments may be provided alsoivitli separate keys forthe doorsi'of the cabinet spacesiif this is deemed necessary. Qn Yopening the desl ,the top Wall44. and fall board 46` are thrown tothe position Ashown in vFigure 4 Where these Yparts will form a; copy holder for use 11i-connection' iii-separate file cabinets. i

Inl Eigure 3 the partition 27 is shown `as provided with a series of perforations 50 adapted: to receive the pin or other fastening l5l 'engaginga similar opening 52 inthe angular projecting foot- 53- on the follower or division plate 54. There may be a nu1nber ofthese followers orv division plates for separating the file box into` a number of spaces. u

or numerically arranged and the plates 54 These spaces may be ,alphabetically may lcontain numbers of letters accordingly .to facilitate the. tiling O f papers theien AS1 a follow-,up system folders 55.V shown in Figures land 5 may beprovided for the Separating@ holding 0f letters.. Along; the upperedges of eachof these folders appear "he, numbers consecntivelyfrom one to 31 rliedf numerioally orl Week the letters maybe transferred 1 I tiles to the permanentv u files either in the'bott'oin of the pedestals or designating the number of f days in the month. A clip 56 is used in connection With this table of numbers and engages over the upper edge of the folder. .The clip will be conspicuous andf' can""be moved back and forth. For instance the clip is arranged just to the 'right of the numeral 3 indicating that on .the third ofthe. month the letter in this particular file is to be checked over and followed up. Ofcourse the clip might be utilized in connection with the'iirst number tothe rightthereof instead of "to the left or bythe number obscured bythe'iclip. .v

In Figure 7 the side vv lls of theboX-falnd theblslfa'e provided With the,grooves 57 to slidably receivel 'theIV vertical division plates 58., for diyiding the bonr up into a 'number of 'spaces in,` which the papers are .tube 1ed-fThe`se 'dvt ifpletes' may be fd.lphabeticallyv or 'otherwise to designate comparlllients /into which the" lmatter isfto be tiledi lVth 2i cabinet So arranged areviittell llfdf "the letters arene? to@ nuineioi' s fthey 1'n"aJ; rein ain in the prelimifileiQboxes. HOWQYGH in'lmost cases the vwill be transferred to thc permanent l -lihng cases; Theiihng' the papers 111W the clip. itself. Abbrcviations,' vorthe full v spelling of the months may be used.

It is `obvious that various changes and modifications 'may be made 'in the details of conthe Soitigf A* of the lettersisV accomplished as the letters 'itself' is Written or otherwise 'indicated on y.

struction and design yof theabove specifically Y .described embodiment of this invention Without departing( from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only byfthe'scope', ofthe following claims.V

4ldbatis claimelim- 1. con'ibination d comprising pedestals having under filing spaces with lateral doors to give access there to andl'upper file lspaceswvith doorsiopening onfth'e top ofthe pedestals. a desir structure supported,between said cabinets having mov'-V Aableparts to give accessto the lateral doors of thepedestalslvkeepers on the upper doors of the pedestalsi and cover 'means for the esl; and ilingcabinct desk engaging inv closed positionv said keepers. r Y f Y 2, Av combination deslg and filing cabinet comprisingpedestals having lower compartment sp Yces Withflateral doors and upper compartment spaces Wit/li'top doorsya table board extending., between Seflnedstale 'en extension table board hinged'to stv/ing k'upumrdlyl from the, fretnamedtabl@[beard t0 Cil give access to the lateral doors, and upwardly swinging cover means for the desk.

y3. A combination deskand filing cabinetl comprising pedestals liavinglower Compartiments with lateral doors and upper Compartments w1th top doors, keepers on sald y top' doors', table boards .extending between said pedestals, one of said table boards being l to give access to `said lateral doors, back andr top boards for said desk, extension top/and fall boards hingedtogetherand tovsaid top when closed, said extension top kkand fall boards adapted to swing upwardly to form a copy holder. s

Y K'Gaaoaen BOWEN CLEVELAND.

.board and adapted to engage-said keepers A 

